[net.religion] The Anotated "Can Creationists Contribute to Science?"

stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS) (01/06/84)

          Text                                   Anotation

>   The essence or the proposal         | This means right-wing fundementalism
>   is to redefine "science" such       | and what we know call science becomes
>   that it becomes a philosophically   | something else, presumably evil.
>   neutral enterprise.

>  3.  Logical corollaries drawn form   | We must assume "logical" has been
>  the definition which define the      | redefined in the same manner as
>  proposal...                          | "science".

>b.  The scientist is required to submit | "Peer" review is essential if the
>  his methodology, data and conclusions | integrity of "science" is to be
>  to critical review by his peers.      | maintained.

>c.  The peer review system may not have | Reviewers must give equal weight
>  any element of philosophical bias.    | to Mat., Mark, Luke and John.

> C. Goals

>   1.	To restore science and all of    | Scholars still disagree on whether
>  scholarship to the condition of an    | to restore 17th century science
>  open-ended search for knowledge and   | or to burn the writings back to
>  understanding.                        | Aristotle.

                                                            Jim